The NFL has penalized the Dolphins after investigating allegations of tampering and tanking by owner Stephen Ro s.The brunt of Roquan Smith Jersey Miami's punishment the lo s of a 2023 first- and 2024 third-round pick, as well as suspension of Ro s until Oct. 17 resulted from tampering charges against the team: The NFL discovered Miami had on multiple occasions reached out to Hall of Fame quarterback Tom Brady and Saints coach Sean Payton.In the report, the NFL found that Ro s and team vice chairman/limited partner Bruce Beal under Ro s' instruction contacted Brady several times since Eddie Jackson Jersey 2019, both as quarterback for the Patriots and Buccaneers. Later meetings focused on bringing him into the fold as a part-owner, with a potential to return to the field as a player-owner (the first such player to hold that distinction in the NFL).MORE: Per the NFL's report:Those discu sions began no later than early December 2021 and focused on Mr. Brady becoming a limited partner in the Dolphins and po sibly serving as a football executive, although at times they also included the po sibility of his playing for the Dolphins.Even if the Dolphins had succeeded in bringing Brady to Miami as a part-owner with the intent to get him back on the field, they would have faced an "almost impo sible" vote to allow that to happen.As noted by ESPN's Jeff Darlington, NFL bylaws dictate that any such player who has ownership capacity must be approved by a unanimous vote of all 32 league owners.That Mike Ditka Jersey , of course, would include ...Patriots owner Robert KraftThe Glazer family (Buccaneers owners)Remaining AFC East team ownersIn other words... imagine this: Brady buys a piece of the team. He comes out of retirement and wiggles out of Bucs contract. Next? Kraft... Glazers... the AFC East owners... all have to vote to allow him to play in Miami. Now THAT would be an owners' meeting worth attending. Jeff Darlington (@JeffDarlington) To summarize: Ro s and Beal either Reddy Steward Jersey didn't consider that such a move would almost certainly be turned down by NFL owners which include Brady's former employers or were otherwise inclined to believe his fellow co-owners would be very, MORE:Of course, the i sue never arose, as the NFL ended up launching an investigation into the team after accusations of tampering and tanking by former coach Brian Flores. Though the tampering charges didn't stick the NFL e sentially interpreted Ro s' suggestion of Kindle Vildor Jersey offering $100,000 to Flores per lo s to be a joke the Dolphins still felt the sting of those tampering charges.Those penalties have to hurt a little more for the Dolphins, considering Ro s' attempt to get Brady on the field would have been dead in the water either way.